Throughout everyone’s lives‚ people will find songs that remind them of special events‚ people‚ or things. High school‚ for me‚ was full of struggles and many lessons. Within the past four years I found songs that reminded me of important occurences. Some of these songs I never had expected to relate to until I sat and wrapped my head around the true meaning of its lyrics. Time‚ as everyone suggested‚ did fly by. Hardships were fought through and I overcame them with exceptional moments and people
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different lyrics in each song there are many similar cultural narratives that relate to the Jay Z and Hebdige readings. For example‚ culture is shown in the song “Run DMC” In the song he talks about how he loves collard greens and chicken. In Hebdibge’s reading he talks about how race‚ religion‚ and class surrounds the subculture which has a connection to this song. In Ice Cubes song‚ “Today was a Good Day” he is thanking god for another day‚ saying how he cant believe today. This song shows his community
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2016‚ Macklemore released "Kevin‚" which features Leon Bridges. "Kevin” explains how Macklemore’s brother lost his life to drugs at 21. The song shines a light on legal drug use problems that are sweeping across the nation. Throughout the song they elaborate on how the lives of many individuals were cut short by drugs that were prescribed by a doctor. Songs like "Kevin" and "Drug Dealer" disclose Macklemore’s experiences while overcoming an addiction to prescription drugs. He then goes into reform
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Country Music The song that I chose was The Gambler by Kenny Rogers. I have heard this song before but I’ve never listened that closely to the song. As the title suggests that it is about gambling. This song is about a man with some emotional troubles who is on a train going nowhere. While he’s on the train he sits in silence with a gambler. The gambler breaks the silence by giving the man some advice seemingly about gambling but also about life. The gambler then puts out his cigarette‚ goes to sleep
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The song I chose is “Help Is on The Way” by Rise Against‚ a punk rock band. I like a lot of the songs by then not only because they sound good but they also sing about problems and issues in our society today and “Help Is on The Way” is no different. The band is also very proactive in promoting activism with this song does very well especially alongside the music video. I chose this song because it has a strong meaning and is about issues that had occurred that most people already know the background
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Singer CeeLo Green has released a song called “Robin Williams” which is a tribute to the late actor. Williams‚ a seemingly happy man‚ was battling depression and committed suicide in August 2014. "Robin Williams" is the first single from Green’s upcoming album Heart Blanche. Although the song is good‚ I can’t help but think that it’s a blatant cash-grab. The upbeat and catchy song features lyrics that relate to Williams and his battle with depression. The lines "we don’t know what the next man’s
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The song that chose for my solo performance is Under the Bridge by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The composers were John Frusciante‚ Anthony Kiedis‚ Flea and Chad Smith. John Frusciante did the guitar parts. This piece was composed in America at a studio session in preparation for their second album with John‚ "Blood Sugar Sex Magik." The characteristics that define this piece of work was the speed‚ which it was quite slow‚ intensity‚ which it wasn’t too intense‚ the type of singing‚ which it was done
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Throughout many of my favourite songs the topic of relationships is reoccurring. In one of my favourite songs by Vic Mensa titled “16 Shots” the topic of relationships is occurs a lot. In this song the artist explains the day to day conflicts between African-American citizens and racist police officers. He also talks about the level of power that the police have and how often that they abuse their power. In the song the artist talks about the conflict between police officers and African Americans
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Song Paragraph (Mi Gente) One of the songs I chose is named “Mi Gente”‚ which is an Urban Latin/pop song which is frequently played at South-American parties (From personal experience). Mi Gente is an upbeat song which happens to be in the top 20 songs in Canada. I feel this song relates to me on a personal level in multiple ways. For instance‚ listening to the song with no meaning other than to enjoy the song‚ it would probably sound pleasant or delightful. Though if you examine the lyrics
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Creative Song Assignment The Creative Song Assignment was an interesting assignment‚ because I have zero experience in mixing music. It was an interesting experience‚ because it did take me out of my comfort zone. When I first started‚ I felt lost. I had no idea what I was doing‚ so I decided to do a little research to see how I can best complete this assignment. I finally settled on using a program called Audacity and the genres of hip hop and alternative rock. I chose a program called audacity
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